"הוא לא בבית עכשיו כי הוא מסתפר."
Translation:He's not at home now because he's getting a haircut.
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So ספר as a root means either 'writing' or 'barber' (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8) though the pronunciations are different. Can be confusing
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'Getting one's hair cut' is an equivalent in English to 'getting a haircut'. That's why 'he's getting his hair cut' should be an equivalent to 'he's getting a haircut', even though there is no 'he' in the sentence on a literal level. It's an idiomatic expression.
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"Go home" versus "I am AT home". It should be this way, isn't it. There is no logic in the English translations. Sometime it is proper English sometimes slang...
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מִסְתַּפֵּר mistaper
Present tense / participle, masculine, singular:
I / you m. sg. / he / it get(s) his hair cut
